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Britain should be allowed to leave the European Union and be offered a new
relationship based on trade, according to Jacques Delors, the former
European Commission president closely identified with the transfer of
national powers to Brussels.

After 40 years of increasingly fractious relations, Britain could become a
“privileged partner” and leave the other European nations to continue the
process of integration, the veteran French Socialist said yesterday.

Mr Delors, 87, whose push for a single currency and battles with Margaret
Thatcher in the 1980s defined Britain’s confrontational relationship with
the EU, reflected a growing view among federalists that the

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Jacques Delors said that a British exit would allow the EU to continue integration

December 29 2012 John Thys/AFP/Getty Images

Jacques Delors said that a British exit would allow the EU to continue integration